Cloud leaders detail how to build successful partnerships at Cloud Channel Summit

THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media are hosting a Cloud Channel Summit, on Monday, November 7, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

The one-day executive forum will bring together senior executives from leading Cloud vendors and their channel company counterparts to share industry best practices and innovative ideas for building profitable and successful channel partnerships in the Cloud.

The keynote presentations during the Cloud Channel Summit will be:

• "Making Rain in the Channel: New Opportunities in Cloud Computing" presented by Stephen Cho, director of channels and business development at Google Enterprise.
• "5 Steps to Building a Successful Channel Program in the Cloud" presented by Ron Huddleston, senior vice president of ISV alliances at Salesforce.com.
• "The Cloud Era of Channel Success: Is Your Organization Partner-Ready?" presented by Rick Nucci, CTO, and Diane Ruth, executive director of business development, at Dell Boomi.
• "Channel Opportunities to Build Your Own Cloud Solutions", Amy Anderson, Cloud Computing Partner Program-ISV and Developer Relations at IBM.

In addition, more than 25 Cloud industry leaders will participate in a series of executive roundtable panel sessions during the Summit, focusing on the following topics:

• "Real-World Cloud Success Stories"
• "Building Effective Cloud Channels: What's Working and What's Not?"
• "Selling and Supporting Cloud Services Together"
• "Leveraging Cloud Alternatives to Meet Unique Customer Needs"
• "Using a Cloud Ecosystem to Create New Customer Value"
• "New Market Opportunities for Cloud Channels"

Additional panelists include senior executives from Amazon Web Services, Avnet Technologies, OpSource, Progress Software, Informatica, Birst, GoodData, Safenet, AppFirst, Aryaka, CloudLock, SoftServe, AppDirect, Agilis Solutions and Scribe Software, among other leading companies.

The Summit is also being supported by an ecosystem of leading industry organizations dedicated to building strong channels and promoting the Cloud, including publications such as ChannelPro, Channel Tech Network, Cloudbook, Sandhill.com, Datamation, E-Commerce Times and Softletter; conference groups including Under the Radar, the World Research Group and Keynote World Media; industry associations such as the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), CompTIA, and the ASCII Group; and other companies, such as DreamSimplicity, a virtual community and marketplace directory for business applications and the industry professionals that deliver them, and Mikael Blaisdell & Associates, Inc. (MBAI), which assists a wide spectrum of clients to increase their customer retention rates and enhance per-customer profitability.

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